Y'all, season 2 of "Home Town" is almost over. This is the next-to-last episode. We need to savor every moment we have left with the Napiers: every woodworking project, every time Josh helps Ben in the shop, every time Mike refinishes the floor, every time Mallorie goes shopping with Erin.

It's almost over ... until season 3.

The homeowners

Adam and Lily Trest own a shop in downtown Laurel (Adam Trest Home, about a two-minute walk from Laurel Mercantile) and are looking for a new home. They just had a second daughter, and everyone is on top of one another in their current living situation. They want something eclectic and relaxed and have $200,000 to work with.

House no. 1

The Eason house is a three-bed, two-bath, 1,800-square foot home on seven acres of land. It'll cost $110,000. It's not much to look at from the yard because it's just so white it becomes washed out, but Erin will bring in bigger columns on the front porch, new shutters and a metal roof that'll make it pop.

Inside it's a nice open floor plan, but it's also really dated and just not at all them. They'll have to take out the fireplace, fix the staircase, renovate the master bedroom and bath, paint everything and do something with the weird polygon-shaped kitchen island. But ... out back there's a pool. That has to be considered.

House no. 2

On to the Stringfellow house, which is much bigger at 2,500 square feet holding four bedrooms and two bathrooms. It'll be $115,000. It's really strange from the road — there's a two-floor barn-like structure, a long column and then a garage/carport. (Working theory that they don't actually confirm: The middle part was an addition to connect the two ends.) Lily is not a fan. But Erin says they'll paint the brick white and put cedar shakes on the middle part (and her watercolor painting drops the garage/carport entirely, but again no explanation).

Inside they go, and it's dated. Like it belongs in a John Hughes movie starring Molly Ringwald dated. It's also cramped with a lot of rooms. So the Napiers are talking about taking out walls, pulling up carpet, painting everything white to give it the air of space and using stone countertops and custom cabinets in the kitchen. The backyard is huge, but it's not seven acres and there's no pool.

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The renovation

Adam and Lily pick the Eason house (working theory no. 2: the Stringfellow house only touched the bottom floor, and if that's the shape it was in, how were the bedrooms and baths? They get more bang for their buck with the house they chose).

It's demo time, and there's a lot of it. But the fireplace was apparently portable, and Ben and construction manager Jonathan pop off some particle board and carry it out. The kitchen island is the same thing — it was just sitting there. It's at this point that I start to worry that Big Ben Napier is going to lean against a wall and the whole dang house is going to cave in.

The adventures of Ben Napier

Erin and Ben Napier admire the crib Ben built for their daughter, Helen.(Photo: HGTV)

Erin's pregnancy has basically been a recurring subplot to this season — it's there, it's sometimes spoken of but it's never a focal point. This episode is an exception as we near the end of the season, which in real life was very close to the time Helen was about to come.

So in the middle of the renovation, we get to see Ben put all his heart and craft into making a crib for his first child. Everything Ben does is with care, but it was unique watching him pour himself into this project and all the safety considerations he had to think about. He was making Helen's crib, but also the Napier family crib that'll be passed down and down.

And then to see Erin, who often in the first season talked about her shyness on camera, break down as Ben showed her what he had done ... this was a real human moment. It was something.

Things my wife now wants

Adam and Lily happened to mention that on seven acres they'd probably need to get some chickens. So Ben forces their hand by building them a chicken coop. Counter the crib build against this build, which is basically him and Josh giggling their way throughout. It was real nice.

The reveal

It's striking just how different this house looks. What was once an old country home is now a beautiful farmhouse. Adam and Lily seem blown away when they go inside and see what's been done, and also the level of detail — they used luxury vinyl flooring to mimic oak flooring because with kids and a pool, they're going to need something easy to clean.

The quartz countertop is dark and rich, and while it's not a huge kitchen it seems bigger because of the open floor plan. And my favorite thing in this house? Probably the paint color they used in the master bath. It's blue. It's green. It's grey. It's all three.